Eithea

Eithea is a plant genus in the Amaryllis family, endemic to southern Brazil. It contains two known species: Eithea blumenavia (K. Koch & C.D. Bouché ex Carrière) Ravenna, native to the States of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo, and Eithea lagopaivae Campos-Rocha & Dutilh, native to the States of São Paulo.[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Eithea
Eithea blumenavia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily:
Amaryllidoideae
Genus:
Eithea

Ravenna
Species:
E. blumenavia
Binomial name
Eithea blumenavia
(K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière) Ravenna
Synonyms[1]
  • Griffiniopsis blumenavium [2]
  • Griffinia blumenavia K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière
  • Amaryllis blumenavia (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière) Traub
  • Hippeastrum blumenavia (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché ex Carrière) Sealy
  • Hippeastrum iguapense R.Wagner
  • Amaryllis iguapensis (R.Wagner) Traub & Uphof

Eithea is located in tribe Hippeastreae, subtribe Hippeastrinae.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. PBS 2012, Eithea.
  3. Tropicos, Griffinia blumenavia K. Koch & C.D. Bouché ex Carrière
  4. Tropicos, Eithea lagopaivae Campos-Rocha & Dutilh
  5. Campos-Rocha, Antonio; Meerow, Alan William; Lopes, Edimar Faria Menezes; Semir, João; Sampaio Mayer, Juliana Lischka; Dutilh, Julie Henriette Antoinette, 2017. Eithea lagopaivae, a new critically endangered species in the previously monotypic genus Eithea Ravenna (Amaryllidaceae). PhytoKeys 85:45–58, 31 ago.
  6. Ravenna, Pedro Felix. 2002. Eithea, a new genus of Brazilian Amaryllidaceae. Botanica Australis 1:1-8.
  7. Wanderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  8. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.

Bibliography
  • "Pacific Bulb Society". Pacific Bulb Society. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.


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